KIRKPATRICK, Littleton, a Representative from New Jersey; born in New Brunswick, N.J.,
October 19, 1797; was graduated from Princeton College in 1815; studied law in
Washington, D.C.; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in New
Brunswick, N.J.; master in court chancery in 1824; surrogate of Middlesex
County 1831-1836; mayor of New Brunswick in 1841 and 1842; trustee of Rutgers
College 1841-1859; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March
4, 1843-March 3, 1845); chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business
(Twenty-eighth Congress); died in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., August 15, 1859;
interment in Presbyterian Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.; reinterment in Van
Liew Cemetery in 1921.